boabie 230 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Mulgrew fecks up. McGregor pulls off a great save. Still 1-0. 71 minutes played. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jaws 570 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 (edited) Scotland living dangerously on the edge of our own box with Mulgrew making an arse of it leaving their striker through on goal. McGregor makes himself big and saves 70mins. Edited March 27, 2018 by Big Jaws 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 13,750 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Cummings comes on. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jaws 570 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 1-0 Scotland has flattered us from my perspective. Apart from McGregor in goals, John McGinn in the middle of the park winning balls and breaking up play and Philips holding the ball up well at times we looked pretty poor. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltersgotstyle 297 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Did anyone hear Thompson commenting on all the great center halves to choose from? Surprisingly he left out Bates, McCrorie and Martin. Also McLeish has insulted Murphy and Cummings with the last minute substitutions. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 6,214 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 I watched the England match shame on all of you for watching the bigoted BBC . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 9,484 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 13 hours ago, Rousseau said: Phillips is not a striker; that's mental! 12 hours ago, boabie said: 1-0 Scotland. Phillips. What do I know? All hail Big Eck! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,182 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 11 hours ago, Big Jaws said: 1-0 Scotland has flattered us from my perspective. Apart from McGregor in goals, John McGinn in the middle of the park winning balls and breaking up play and Philips holding the ball up well at times we looked pretty poor. I didn't see the whole game but I thought Scotland played quite well. They pressed the game pretty good and I thought Philips was good at leading the line (I've liked the look of him for Scotland over the last year or so). Sure, McGregor made a few good saves but Hungary only really looked a threat from long range shots. After Scotland scored, Hungary did look a bit more dangerous but Mulgrew aside, we coped well enough and perhaps should have scored again ourselves. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,246 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Would only watch Engerland matches if I knew they were going to get hammered. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jaws 570 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, Frankie said: I didn't see the whole game but I thought Scotland played quite well. They pressed the game pretty good and I thought Philips was good at leading the line (I've liked the look of him for Scotland over the last year or so). Sure, McGregor made a few good saves but Hungary only really looked a threat from long range shots. After Scotland scored, Hungary did look a bit more dangerous but Mulgrew aside, we coped well enough and perhaps should have scored again ourselves. Seriously you think so Frankie? Sure Philips held the ball up well... at times. McGinn was excellent and did everything we expected of him breaking up the play and winning the midfield. McGregor made some good saves and needed too. If you contrast it against Germany v Brazil or if you want to be a bit more realistic England v Italy then we lacked control, awareness and the crucial point for me composure. Our game looked like a English league 1 or Championship game and thats probably because thats the level of player we have. The two games I mentioned were low scoring games but the passing, movement, awareness, interplay between the defence, midfield and attack was much crisper and assured. They were confident, skilful and composed on the ball and also looked to have the knowledge of how to play through the opposition. Neither England or Italy are that good, they're not brilliant, and I don't even expect either of them would make the quarter finals in Russia, even if Italy had qualified, but regardless of that they were still streets ahead of anything we had to offer. Whether we like it or not that is the benchmark we need to reach before we can qualify for any international tournament. Add in Spain, France, Holland, Belgium, even Wales, the Scandinavians and the Baltic Euro countries and you can see where Scotland sits in terms of European football never mind world football. I thought we looked like amateurs. Edited March 28, 2018 by Big Jaws 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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